Recognize the Objective

Having agreed on PSM goals and objectives, your next step is to conduct a more detailed assessment of the present status of PSM activities within your company, to form the basis for your implementation plan. This baseline assessment works against both the model you have selected for PSM and the characteristics that describe a sound management system, such as those described by CCPS. 

By conducting the assessment against these two sets of criteria you can accomplish two objectives identifying the existence and current status of your company s PSM management systems, and evaluating them against good practice. 

Do it once = do it right. The process outlined here requires a front-loaded level of effort to ensure that the solutions you determine will hold up over time. In many companies this deliberate approach to problem-solving runs counter to a more action-oriented culture, and there is a strong temptation to fix the problem and get on with it. Keep in mind that the goal here is to develop a process, not to undertake multiple tasks, and consider the time spent in gathering this information as an investment in the longer term value of the resulting PSM system. 

Given this objective, it s useful to keep several factors in mind as you consider the baseline PSM assessment  

Look for transferability. In establishing a PSM system for your company, you have the opportunity to build on what is already in place and to learn from the successes of others. These may range from specific procedures that make sense for governing other activities to entire management systems that can be effectively applied throughout the company. 

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If we base ourselves on purely perceptual criteria, as the number of objects which are drawn, their size, their colour, and so on, then we don t have really precise decision criteria. Of course, it s necessary that the subject could accurately discriminate and recognize the objects he sees (this was the objective of the first phase of the training). But once these constraints are removed, remains the crucial question what criteria can we rely on . The nature of the information cannot be specified in itself, because the perceptual aspects only constitute insufficient indications. 

Perception por- sep-shon [L perception-, perceptio act of perceiving, fr. percipere] (14c) n. The process of mental functions that includes the combination of different sensations and the utilization of past observations in recognizing the objects and facts " from which the stimulation arises. This is the phenomenon of experience that serves the engineer, scientist, and researcher for performing competent work. 

Recognition probability is the probability with which the object (indication) will be recognized in a certain presentation time. This probability increases with increasing visibility... 

The working method used by the ad hoe group is the Object Modelling Technique (OMT). a recognized object modelling approach. 

The most effective specification is that which accomplishes the desired result with the fewest requirements. Properties and performance should be emphasized rather than how the objectives ate to be achieved. Excessive demonstration of emdition on the part of the writer or failure to recognize the usually considerable processing expertise held by the vendor results in a lengthy and overly detailed document that generally is counterproductive. Redundancy may lead to technical inconsistency. A requirement that cannot be assessed by a prescribed test method or quantitative inspection technique never should be included in the specifications. Wherever possible, tests should be easy to perform and highly correctable with service performance. Tests that indicate service life are especially useful. Standard test references, eg, ASTM methods, ate the most desirable, and those that ate needed should be selected carefully and the numbers of such references should be minimized. To eliminate unnecessary review activity by the would-be complier, the description of a standard test should not be paraphrased or condensed unless the original test is referenced. 

This is a brief summary of NFPA 704 which addresses hazards that maybe caused by shoii-term, acute exposure to a material during handling under conditions of fire, spill, or similar emergencies. This standard provides a simple, easily recognized, easily understood system of markings. The objective is to provide on-the-spot identification of hazardous materials. 

Management is ultimately responsible for defining the objectives of any activity. In the fields of PSM and ESH, top management might, for example, define the corporate objective as to be recognized as the leader in PSM and ESH performance in our industry or to be in compliance with all pertinent regulations and industry standards. ... 

As a part of the objective, the chapters are developed by the design function of the designing engineer and not in accordance with previously suggested standards for unit operations. In fact some chapters use the same principles, but require different interpretations when recognized in relation to the process and the function the equipment performs in this process. 

The objective of the training is not mastery of all the skills, but to equip them with the confidence to begin the relationship, the insight to recognize how it should be managed and the tools to identify where the relationship is being least effective and most importantly, how to take appropriate action. 

The objective for Medicinal Chemistry is the identification of the chemical structures for potential new medicines. Eventually, these new medicines will be launched into the market to address unmet medical needs and to improve the quality of life for all human beings. The marketing of new medicines is the lifeblood of the pharmaceutical industry. Due to the broad impact Medicinal Chemistry has in the drug discovery process, it is recognized as a top job for synthetic organic chemists. 

The Navier-Stokes equations have a complex form due to the necessity of treating many of the terms as vector quantities. To understand these equations, however, one need only recognize that they are not mass balances but an elaboration of Newton s second law of motion for a flowing fluid. Recall that Newton s second law states that the vector sum of all the forces acting on an object ( F) will be equal to the product of the object s mass (m) and its acceleration (a), or XF = ma. Now consider the first of the three Navier-Stokes equations listed above, Eq. (10). The object in this case is a differential fluid element, that is, a small cube of fluid with volume dx dy dz and mass p(dx dy dz). The left-hand side of the equation is essentially the product of mass and acceleration for this fluid element (ma), while the right-hand side represents the sum of the forces... 

Many objections have been raised against the notion of humans represented as a Homo economicus. Amongst the objections acknowledged in the economic text books one can find statements recognizing that it is impossible to measure utility completely, and that it is impossible to compare utilities of different people. 

Barium stars were recognized as a distinct group of peculiar stars by [1], The objects initially included in this group were red giants of spectral type G and K, which showed strong lines of s-process elements, particularly Ba II and Sr II, as well as enhanced CH, CN and C2 bands. The discovery that HR 107, a dwarf star, shows a composition similar to that of a mild Barium giant by [6] has pushed the search for new Barium dwarfs. 

Unlike crystals that are packed with identical unit cells in 3D space, aperiodic crystals lack such units. So far, aperiodic crystals include not only quasiperiodic crystals, but also crystals in which incommensurable modulations or intergrowth structures (or composites) occur [14], That is to say, quasiperiodicity is only one of the aperiodicities. So what is quasiperiodicity Simply speaking, a structure is classified to be quasiperiodic if it is aperiodic and exhibits self-similarity upon inflation and deflation by tau (x = 1.618, the golden mean). By this, one recognizes the fact that objects with perfect fivefold symmetry can exist in the 3D space however, no 3D space groups are available to build or to interpret such structures. 

It was quickly recognized that chirality would play an important role in discotic liquid crystals, not only for the possibility of creating cholesteric and ferroelectric liquid crystals but also as a tool for studying the self-assembly of these molecules as a whole, both in solution and in the solid state. However, initial studies revealed that expression of chirality in discotic liquid crystals was not as straightforward as for liquid crystals derived from calamitic molecules. More recently, with the increase in interest in self-assembly and molecular recognition, considerably more attention has been directed to the study of chiral discotics and their assemblies in solution. The objective of this chapter is... 

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